manhattan. >> he was big for new york. he always understood the media. knew how to get attention where it needed to be. >> changed that city. right now let's get a check on your morning roads. still early but mike inouye hard at work. >> i'm tracking folks who were hard at work all night. road crews out here. we're looking at oakland with a light volume of traffic as you might expect at 4:31. typical road crews between coliseum and 980 as you head into downtown. losing a couple lanes at a time and no slowing there. watching the bay bridge as well. a smooth drive. in the foreground you see incline and taillights heading toward treasure island and at the top of the screen folks out of the city on the lower deck. you can see a light volume of traffic. there is a bit of construction over on the east shore freeway not causing slowdowns and we're always watching the city by the bay because we got a big game coming up with san francisco playing on sunday. we have to focus. we all have to focus. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. we'll have more on that coming

up in just a bit. rising concerns in the east bay this morning where nearly every city dealing with a double digit leap in car thefts. the latest stats from the alameda county regional auto theft task force show the top two most stolen cars are honda accords from 1990 to 1997 and honda civics from 1990 to 2000. officials say those models can be stolen in under 30 seconds and that parking lots and business plazas close to freeways are some of the major hot spots for those crimes. it's what happens after the theft that has police worried. >> they use stolen cars to commit robberies, burglaries, auto theft leads to everybody. it leads to dope. it leads to weapons. it leads to identity theft. i was in hayward a few months ago following a girl in a stolen car. watched her park it, get out and steal mail out of mailboxes and get back in. we took her off and she was a major identity thief.

>> chp recommends using steering wheel locks or detachable steering wheels to help protect your car. nudists in san francisco protesting the city's ban on nudity which went into effect at midnight. earlier this week on tuesday a u.s. district court judge dismissing a lawsuit by the nudists but said they could return to court if the city enforces the ban in a way that stifles a political message. an attorney representing the nudists say their goal is to be cited by police so they can claim their rights to protest politically are being violated. the protest will take place at noon on the steps of city hall. nasa will do a second round of data collecting to learn more about air pollution in the bay area. yesterday a plane that looks like a fighter jet was flying over interstate 680. nasa says it wants to understand where air pollution comes from and how it moves. a peninsula city right now being honored for taking a stand that was very unpopular about

four decades ago. san mateo was one of the first cities to publicly support a combat unit in the vietnam war. 45 years later that symbolic act continues. the city leaders skyped with troops from the 101st airborne in afghanistan late last night. the chat part of a celebration of san mateo adopting the unit during that vietnam war. back in 1967, a sergeant wrote a letter to his sister requesting that she ask the city council to adopt the unit to help boost morale. two weeks later the city approved that proposal. >> i had accomplished what he had asked me to do and he knew that. >> he was killed in action and the story here -- let me find that action. people in san mateo continue to

send letters and care packages to that 101st airborne. all right. let's switch gears right now to the 49ers quest for six. >> the players right now down in new orleans waking up this morning and guess what? they can turn on the televisions and see serious support from all their fans. >> that's right. that is because the "today" show is in san francisco showing the nation what niners pride is all about. christina loren is out there as well this morning dressed appropriately in her niners red. >> and pom-poms. nice work. >> good morning, christina. >> good morning, jon and laura. we're bringing you a tv show within the "today" show. look at what's happening right now. al roker, i'm a huge fan. haven't had a chance to say hello just yet. he's back there. you can see a crowd of 49ers faithful out there and you know what's really interesting is they are going to reair this broadcast because they're on east coast time so you can catch

this action that's happening right now starting at 7:00 right here on nbc bay area. we have a lot of fun to get through as we head through the next 2 1/2 hours. stick around. it's going to be a good time. current temperatures this morning chilly out here. we're in the 30s and 40s. you'll want to grab that coat. what i can tell you is we're headed toward a bay area stunner. 30s and 40s for now. headed toward the upper 60s and 70s even in some of your metropolitan cities. we'll talk about that forecast coming up in just a minute. i got to get my game face on and get ready to go talk to one of my idols. for now, back to you. >> i'm sure al roker is looking forward to talking to you too, young lady. >> thanks, christina. >> in the meantime, the team's relationship with the gay community getting even worse this morning. overnight the it gets better project pulled a 49er video off its website. the video was intended to help stop the bullying of lgbt teens.

when asked yesterday about this, two players denied participating in that video. they say they did not realize that video was intended to combat gay bullying. the city of san francisco is getting ready for the super bowl on sunday and they want to make sure that all of the celebrations stay safe. city officials don't want to see the same violent celebrations that broke out after the giant's win in october. some in the city plan to avoid the street parties all together. they know that fan revelry can turn violent fast. he watched giants fans turn their attention to a muni bus smashing windows and lighting it on fire. he tried to stop the vandals but the crowd turned on him. >> people just smashing in windows and i just remember going up to them and grabbing them and shoving them off and saying this is not us. this is not what we do. >> he was left with a broken

nose, concussion and a chipped tooth. san francisco police and the sheriff's department say they will have extra patrols on duty just to monitor those crowds. as the big day nears, everyone is getting in on the 49ers fever including the san jose sharks. >> they are looking and feeling good during last night's game a goal scored and then celebrates doing a kaepernicking. nice work. the flex appeal. well played. the sharks are doing it working magic. they have also posted that video on their website. players wishing the 49ers good luck. sharks on fire. won the game 3-2. remain undefeated at 7-0 for the season. of course if you want to kaepernick or just cheer or eat your wings and have a cold beverage, check out nbc bay area for all things 49ers. journalists on the field and in the locker room and at the hotel. we're stalking the 49ers.

stay up to date online at nbcbayarea.com. >> we're giving people what they want to hear. >> stalking in a good way. want to check that drive with mike right now. i guess if you have a good traffic report you nail it for us, you can do a kaepernick. >> we'll see how to goes. we'll start with san jose. as we are driving northbound 101 with these headlights just a few of them not a big deal in either direction. that's good flow. we'll show you the maps in the entire south bay showing a smooth flow of traffic with green. look. we do have yellow but that's just speeds down to 60 because of the light flow of traffic. it's not a concern. there is one crash no injuries reported this is onramp to southbound 680 over there. chp should head out there and no slowing shows up. just after the crash i did see a little bit of distraction and slowing on the southbound side approaching that interchange. we're looking at 580 and 680. the dublin interchange moves smoothly. commute direction is westbound

marked by the arrow. out of the area toward the sierra and central valley, 580 across through the north bay crowded this afternoon. one live shot out there as we look at palo alto. 101 northbound heading away from us and southbound with those headlights again a clean report but not cause for celebration. we'll see what we can do on the next one. >> it's early. only first quarter. long way to go. a new way to deliver drama. netflix debuts a new service today. apple making a new move that could mean trouble for another bay area company.

4:43. a court battle between the u.s. government and the world's largest beer maker. the justice department is suing to block anheuser bush from merging with mexico's largest maker. the $20 billion deal would bring together popular beers like budweiser and bud light and corona. the merger would give anheuser bush control of the market and allow it to raise beer prices. the brewing company says it will continue its fight in court. netflix today branching out into new unchartered territory.

the los gatos company launching house of cars. that's a new tv show that it created. the political drama stars kevin spacey. a big hollywood star as a congressman. netflix hoping the new venture will draw in viewers. >> if they're going to compete in the entertainment business as it keeps growing and changing, they'll have to start doing original content. >> netflix very serious about this one. the company has spent $100 million for 26 episodes and it's releasing the first 13 starting today. later this year netflix will release new episodes of the comedy classic "arrested development." the monthly jobs report due out in less than an hour impacting wall street. we turn to jackie deangelis. good friday morning, jackie. >> good friday morning to you. that's the super bowl on wall street every month. ahead of the jobs report we've got futures higher as investors

are waiting to get that data out. meantime, it's expected to show that another month of tepid hiring occurred as companies continued to hold back on adding new workers. forecasts calli ining for payro to rise. unemployment seen holding steady at 7.8% for the third straight month. we're also going to get data on consumer sentiment, manufacturing and construction spending and earnings from exxon mobil, chevron and merck the dow lost 39 points but the dow had its best january since 1994. the nasdaq fell a fraction to 3142. apple is blocking java software on mac computers. they can run them on most commuters but last month the department of homeland security

recommended that people disable java on web browsers because of potential hacker attacks. oracle which makes java issued a patch to fix known problems but the government believes that there are more holes in java's code. back over to you guys. >> thank you very much, jackie. time to check back in with ms. christina loren. she's out on the road for us this morning. she's live in the ferry building in the city. what's happening out there? >> there is so much happening out here. i do not know where to begin, jon and laura. good morning to you. of course we've been telling you the "today" show out here live this morning. you can still come on down here and join us at the ferry building in san francisco as you can see ed lee doing an interview in the background. you'll catch that interview right here on nbc bay area starting at 7:00 a.m. when the "today" show starts. he's not the only big name in town. i also am joined by the famous ms. san francisco part of beach blanket babylon. this is tammy. are you a niners fan? >> i'm a finers fan.

i am. >> tell me about what you are wearing here. this headdress. >> this is our 49er hat. look at the beautiful decorations that we have made in honor of 49ers. >> someone put a lot of work into that. >> they sure did. a lot of magic went into it. >> now you want to musically wish good luck to the san francisco 49ers. i'll give you a chance to do that right now. here you go. ♪ go san francisco 49ers >> thank you very much. that may be just the luck they need down in new orleans. let's go to the forecast. everyone is lucky. temperatures unseasonably warm. we're headed to the 70s. a cold start to the day. moisture is increasing for sure. i can feel the humidity levels rising. count on patchy fog for your morning commute through the wind sheltered interior valleys of

the north and east bay. high pressure reigns supreme yet again keeping offshore flow in place for the first part of the day. temperatures will be able to climb even warmer than yesterday and yesterday was a beautiful day. as we head throughout this afternoon i'm forecasting highs mostly in the 70s down in the south bay. getting into the weekend here's the good news, everybody. we hold on to that winter warmth. it's going to be absolutely fantastic. a little hazy. air quality is in moderate range. it will be nice. seven-day forecast tells the story. as we head through next week things start to change a little bit. clouds increase. in fact we're expecting a few showers through the latter portion of wednesday into the first part of thursday. things are going to change. enjoy the warm weather while it lasts. i'm live in san francisco at the ferry building. come on out here. the "today" show is out here. we haven't had a chance to talk to al roker but the moment is approaching quickly. i can't wait for it. stay tuned. back to you, jon and laura. >> i love to see the big crowds out there. >> awesome.

al roker, beach blanket babylon. going to be a party. hillary clinton is serving her last day as secretary of state. she'll say good-bye to the state department employees in a ceremony before leaving. later this afternoon massachusetts senator john kerry will be officially sworn in to take over the post. this morning a remembrance being held in mountain view's nasa ames research center marking ten days to the year the space shuttle "columbia" exploded. observances also being held at the arlington national cemetery and a wreath laying will take place at the kennedy space center down in florida. it is 4:50. our super bowl coverage continues next with beyonce sound check. >> she sounds real good. check that. plus, a super bowl party with a

little twist. why these wings are going to cost you five bucks a piece. >> what? all right. i got to save my money. looking at fremont. i'm checking this roadway. reports of a disabled vehicle on the nimitz. we'll check out what we find coming up. and as the frenzy in the niners quest for six builds, we took a look at one of the greatest players of all time. >> montana throwing under ple i pressure. clark has it. it's a touchdown for the 49ers!

you're looking live right now at pictures from turkey where a suicide bomber has reportedly blown themselves up outside the u.s. embassy. right now two people confirmed dead. several others are hurt. this bomb is said to have gone off on a side street right next to the embassy. we'll continue covering this and monitoring this all day long and give you new information as we get it into the newsroom. the bay area of course has spent a lot of time spotlighting 49ers in the buildup to the super bowl on sunday but new orleans the city itself also taking center stage here. for many this is the first real good look at the city since hurricane katrina. after all, the super bowl is set

to be played in the superdome. the same place surrounded by floodwaters just over seven years ago. people were packing inside there looking for safety. people who now live in new orleans and have lived in new orleans say the big easy has bounced back in a big way. >> it's an opportunity for the people of america to see new orleans isn't under water. not only are they just back, we are roaring forward. >> there are more restaurants and more hotel rooms in that area than ever before. before the katrina hurricane hit. they are fall, all of them, for the super bowl. city officials say they are planning -- they want to get ready for the next one to get in their city possibly super bowl 2018. >> new orleans looking good and so is beyonce. check this out. ♪ oh say can you see >> a little sneak peek there. the singer belted out an

impromptu performance of "the national anthem" and after she finished, any questions? some say it was her way to silence critics that she lip-synched at the presidential inauguration. >> sounding fantastic. 4:55 right now. let's check that morning commute with mike. how are we looking? >> good morning, guys. i can tell you absolutely that my lip-synching is totally real. >> you do that really well. >> thank you. thank you. no tricks. we're looking over here. this is a trick of camera. this is san mateo bridge where we are looking at weird lighting situation. it looks like it's totally foggy there but it's not. there's some smudges on the lens making it cloudy and also propane tank in the foreground, it's bright white reflecting so that's the optical illusion. the bridge is clear as far as

flow and visibility. wanted to point that out in case we show it later. we'll get to maps and show you east bay side approaching hayward portion. easy drive for 880. smooth drive for the maps and end with construction zone through oakland. we'll send it back to you. >> sounds good. thanks so much. still don't know how did you that with your mouth. 4:56. in time for the super bowl, a new york restaurant may have found the answer to that chicken wing shortage that they said they had the answer. >> they think they can solve it. be prepared to shell out serious cash. owners created a wing made out of fillet mignon. the chicken wing shortage blamed on a combination of things including rising corn prices. >> buffalo wings aren't really buffalo. why can't you have fillet for chicken wings? that's what i'm talking about.

always for the wings. 4:57. we'll go out to new orleans to see what's happening with super bowl 47. 49ers ready to take on baltimore ravens later on today. john and jim harbaugh, first time ever opposing coaches are brothers in a live press conference. we'll have it all for you coming up as the sun rises down in new orleans.

good morning. breaking news out of turkey this morning where at least two people are dead outside the u.s. embassy following a suicide bombing. turkish news is reporting a pair of security guards were killed in that attack. several others were hurt. there's no word if any americans were among them. we'll of course continue to follow the story and bring you updates as soon as we get them. breaking news in new york city where overnight former mayor ed koch died from

congestive heart failure. the 88 year old had been battling a number of ailments since leaving office back in 1990. he was a big-time figure in politics. not only in new york but coast to coast. earlier this week he was hospitalized for a long infection. koch known for his bigger than life personality and feisty approach to politics keeping him in the public eye. his funeral held on monday in manhattan. 5:00 right now. to the quest for six for those great san francisco niners. >> we're getting close. magic is happening. momentum is building. fans gathering in the ferry plaza showing off 49er spirit and they're showing off for meteorologist christina loren sharing love with her out there. not only has a crowd but a special guest from the "today" show. good morning. >> good morning. they're not showing off for me so much, jon and laura. they're showing off for that special guest al